Phlegmariurus subulatus (Desv. ex Poir.) B.Øllg., Phytotaxa

Øllgaard, Benjamin, Kessler, Michael & Smith, Alan R., 2018, Prodromus of a fern flora for Bolivia. II. Lycopodiaceae, Phytotaxa 334 (3), pp. 255-294 : 287

Phlegmariurus subulatus (Desv. ex Poir.) B.Øllg., Phytotaxa 57: 19. 2012. ( Fig. 19B )

= Lycopodium subulatum Desv. ex Poir., Encycl., Suppl. 3: 544. 1813 [1814].

= Huperzia subulata (Desv. ex Poir.) Holub, Folia Geobot. Phytotax. 20: 77. 1985.

Range: — Honduras; Costa Rica and Panama; Andes from Colombia to Bolivia (CO, LP, TA).

Ecology: —Rare; epiphytic in cloud forests and elfin forests; 1000–3200 m.

Notes: —Closely related to P. phylicifolius , but seems restricted to the most humid forests at the forest limits, where it usually occurs in shade, whereas P. phylicifolius , with which it has an overlapping distribution, occurs in a wider range of generally more exposed habitats.

Figures

FIGURE 19. A, Phlegmariurus phylicifolius, growth habit, A1, close-up of basal division, A2, close-up of sporangiate division (Camp 4235A, Ecuador, AAU).—B, Phlegmariurus subulatus, growth habit, B1, close-up of basal division, B2, close-up of sporangiate division (Camp 5189, Ecuador, AAU).—C, Phlegmariurus taxifolius, growth habit, C1, close-up of basal division, C2, close-up of sporangiate division (Bonpland, s.n., Peru, P).